Information processing apparatus, computer readable medium storing information processing program, and three-dimensional modeling system

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a setting unit that sets, as an attribute to be used for manufacture of a 3D modeled object, an attribute of a 2D image to be used for forming the 2D image on a recording medium, when the 3D modeled object is manufactured by laminating recording media together.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
 a setting unit that sets, as an attribute to be used for manufacture of a 3D modeled object, an attribute of a 2D image to be used for forming the 2D image on a recording medium, when the 3D modeled object is manufactured by laminating recording media together, wherein the setting unit sets the attribute of the 2D image so as to determine a curve that approximates an outline of the 3D modeled object; and 
 a specifying unit that specifies the degree of approximation, using the curve, of the outline of the 3D modeled object, 
 wherein the setting unit sets the attribute of the 2D image so as to determine, as the curve that approximates the outline of the 3D modeled object, a curve having larger radii of curvature as the degree of approximation specified by the specifying unit becomes higher. 
 
     
     
       2. The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the attribute of the 2D image is a pixel value that specifies a density of a predetermined color, and the setting unit sets a shape of the 3D modeled object using pixel values of the attribute. 
     
     
       3. The information processing apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the setting unit sets heights of the 3D modeled object at positions of pixels of the 2D image using pixel values of the pixels, respectively. 
     
     
       4. The information processing apparatus according to  claim 3 , further comprising a conversion unit that converts the pixel values of the pixels of the 2D image into heights of the 3D modeled object at the positions of the pixels, respectively, by referring to correspondence information that correlates pixel values with heights of a 3D modeled object. 
     
     
       5. The information processing apparatus according to  claim 4 , further comprising a specifying unit that designates one of plural pieces of correspondence information registered in advance,
 wherein the conversion unit converts the pixel values of the pixels of the 2D image into heights of the 3D modeled object at the positions of the pixels, respectively, by referring to the correspondence information designated by the specifying unit. 
 
     
     
       6. The information processing apparatus according to  claim 3 , further comprising a specifying unit that specifies heights of the 3D modeled object for pixel values corresponding to respective predetermined colors,
 wherein the setting unit sets heights of the 3D modeled object at the positions of the pixels of the 2D image using the pixel values of the pixels, respectively, by referring to the heights of the 3D modeled object specified by the specifying unit. 
 
     
     
       7. The information processing apparatus according to  claim 6 , wherein the specifying unit specifying heights of the 3D modeled object in the form of the number of recording media or in units of a physical quantity representing length. 
     
     
       8. The information processing apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the predetermined color is a designated special color that is not any of fundamental colors that are cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. 
     
     
       9. The information processing apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the predetermined color is at least one of fundamental colors that are cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. 
     
     
       10. The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the setting unit sets an application range of the attribute to be used for manufacture of the 3D modeled object in units of one recording medium. 
     
     
       11. The information processing apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the setting unit sets an application range of the attribute to be used for manufacture of the 3D modeled object in units of one recording medium. 
     
     
       12. The information processing apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein the setting unit sets an application range of the attribute to be used for manufacture of the 3D modeled object in units of one recording medium. 
     
     
       13. A 3D modeling system comprising:
 the information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 ; 
 an image forming apparatus that forms lamination images on respective recording media on the basis of image formation information; and 
 a 3D modeling post-processing apparatus that performs 3D modeling post-processing for manufacture of a 3D modeled object on the recording media on which the lamination images have been formed, according to control data for the lamination images. 
 
     
     
       14. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for information processing, the process comprising:
 setting, as an attribute to be used for manufacture of a 3D modeled object, an attribute of a 2D image to be used for forming the 2D image on a recording medium, when the 3D modeled object is manufactured by laminating recording media together, wherein the attribute of the 2D image is set so as to determine a curve that approximates an outline of the 3D modeled object; and 
 specifying the degree of approximation, using the curve, of the outline of the 3D modeled object, 
 wherein the attribute of the 2D image is set so as to determine, as the curve that approximates the outline of the 3D modeled object, a curve having larger radii of curvature as the degree of approximation specified becomes higher.